Check out the fall/winter Visit Baltimore guide for a joint article authored by our ED, Savannah G.M. Wood & The AFRO-American Newspapers' CEO & Publisher Frances Toni Draper about Maryland's rich civil rights history. Out now! https://lnkd.in/eWmRyzqz
Afro Charities, Inc.
信息服务
Baltimore，Maryland 242 位关注者
A non-profit partner of the historic AFRO American Newspapers, producing programming to connect us with our history.
关于我们
Afro Charities, Inc. produces artistic, educational, environmental and charitable programs that support Baltimore's healthy development, connecting residents across generations and socioeconomic divides. Established in 1963, Afro Charities is a non-profit partner of the historic AFRO American Newspapers. Its two legacy programs, Mrs. Santa and Afro Clean Block have impacted Baltimore's citizens for generations. Afro Charities has the great honor of working with the AFRO American Newspapers’ extensive archives. We are actively creating new opportunities for our community to meaningfully engage with this indispensable resource. Afro Charities is a registered 501(C)3 organization.
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https://afrocharities.org
Afro Charities, Inc.的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 信息服务
- 规模
- 2-10 人
- 总部
- Baltimore，Maryland
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- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 1963
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1531 W EDGEWOOD ST
US，Maryland，Baltimore，21227
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Come meet our team this Thursday at Stem & Vine Baltimore for a lively, but laid back social hour highlighting the AFRO Archives. RSVP at the link below to let us know you’re coming: https://lnkd.in/e5uDTiDQ
Archives After Dark
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Having great partners makes hard work so much more enjoyable. Many many thanks to Retrospect for their creativity & collaboration on this project. Our new website is LIVE! www.afrocharities.org
New Work ??: Afro Charities, Inc. Rebranded Website We served as brand partners to the Baltimore-based non-profit organization responsible for maintaining the archives of the AFRO, the longest standing publication for documenting Black stories across the world. We’re beyond excited to see their new brand and site launch today at www.afrocharities.org. Learn more about our collaboration below ????????????????
Preserving Black Stories: Afro Charities
Retrospect，发布于领英
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Things are looking a little different around here ?? Earlier this year, Afro Charities partnered with Wide Angle Youth Media for a timely brand refresh. We’re thrilled with the work that Dan Talib Latif Flounders, Design Director, Deshaun Fortune, Project Lead Designer, Aleeia Townes, Designer, and Aiara Manning, Designer put into this project. The Wide Angle crew relied on interviews that Retrospect conducted with our team and partners to learn more about our mission, vision, and ethos. They came up with an updated logo and style guide for our brand, using Vocal Type’s Tatsuro font. What do you think??? ___________________ Wide Angle Youth Media provides Baltimore youth and communities with the media education and resources to represent themselves. Vocal Type is a Black-owned foundry launched by Maryland native Tré Seals in 2016. Afro Charities previously used his Carrie font for the cover of our publication To the Front: Black Women and the Vote, released in 2020. #AfroCharities #BrandRefresh #LogoDesign #VocalType #WideAngleYouthMedia #RetrospectStudios
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Will we see you at the ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUMS' 46th Annual Conference this week? Afro Charities is hosting a panel Friday, August 16 at 10:30am titled “Reimagining Historically Black Institutions in the 21st Century." Date: Friday, August 16 Time: 10:30am-11:45am Location: Hilton Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD; Key Ballroom 10 Panelists: Savannah G.M. Wood, Executive Director of Afro Charities, Inc., will highlight the crucial work of preserving the archives of the The AFRO-American Newspapers. Dr. Joanne Martin, Co-Founder of the National Great Blacks In Wax Museum, will discuss the museum’s impact on interpreting Civil Rights narratives through art and exhibition. Derek Price, PMP, Executive Director of the EUBIE BLAKE NATIONAL JAZZ INSTITUTE AND CULTURAL CENTER INC, will explore the center’s evolution and its role in cultural revitalization. Chanel Johnson, Executive Director at Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture and Banneker-Douglass Museum, will shed light on the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture’s initiatives in preserving Black history in Maryland. Moderated by: Deyane Moses, Curator of Archives for Afro Charities Inc. Don’t miss this dynamic exchange of ideas and perspectives on the multifaceted approaches to “Reimagining Historically Black Institutions in the 21st Century.” This year’s conference theme, “Acknowledging Legacy, Fostering Progress,” commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. The conference will honor the contributions of African- and African-American-focused museums and cultural institutions in preserving this legacy.
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Happy 132nd birthday to The AFRO-American Newspapers!
Today is the The AFRO-American Newspapers' 132nd birthday. The news organization was founded August 13, 1892, and has been owned and stewarded by my family since 1897. As Executive Director of Afro Charities, Inc., I have the extraordinary privilege of caring for the AFRO’s extensive archives. Within the past 5 years, Afro Charities’ team has expanded from just me to 6.5 full time employees, thanks to several important foundation partners, government grants and individual donors. Our team is working diligently every day to protect and share these remarkable collections, and to develop Baltimore’s Upton Mansion — vacant since 2006 — into the permanent home and research center for this treasure trove of world history, as told through Black perspectives. Understanding our past provides a solid foundation from which to build inclusive and vibrant futures. Check out our website to learn more about how we are ushering in a new era for the AFRO Archives in Old West Baltimore: https://lnkd.in/eSSs6_u4, and please consider making a donation to support this transformative work.
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What a joy to welcome the Comptroller of Maryland to the AFRO Archives! The whole Afro Charities, Inc. team thoroughly enjoyed sharing the collections with you, and discovering your personal connections to the archives.
“The AFRO-American Newspapers,” also known as “The Afro,”- is one of the oldest Black newspapers in the country. Yesterday, Comptroller Lierman and staff had the opportunity to witness over 130 years of American history firsthand as they toured the newspapers' archives housed in the Maryland State Archives facility in Baltimore County.
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